Woman pulled from water during triathlon recovering

A woman is recovering in the hospital after being pulled from the water and taken to Harborview Medical Center during the Danskin Triathalon over the weekend.

Carol Mathewson, a manager for the City of Tacoma, remains in the hospital, according to a Triathalon spokeswoman who said Mathweson was rescued after people noticed her “having difficulty in the water.”

The spokeswoman refused to reveal what Mathewson’s health problem was due to privacy concerns.

Mathewson gained visibility when she served as city spokeswoman during the David Brame scandal.

Brame was a Tacoma police chief who shot and killed himself and his wife several years ago.